Organized Retail Crime (ORC)

After a five-year break, the 2025 MI ORCA Conference returned with renewed energy, uniting law enforcement, prosecutors, and retail professionals to share strategies, highlight successes, and strengthen partnerships in the fight against ORC across Michigan and beyond.

Is retail theft up, or is it down? Is the problem as rampant as many retailers claim it to be, or are the claims of devastating losses, organized retail crime, violent confrontations, and their impact on store safety and retail profits over-exaggerated in an attempt to cover poor performance and corporate mismanagement?

Shoplifter's Arrest Foils Potential Mass Casualty Event in Minnesota | Pawn Shop Owner, Workers Arrested in Multi-Million Dollar Retail Theft Ring | California Gov. Newsom Announces 14,133 Prosecution Referrals in the Fight Against Retail Theft

Available on-demand now, this eye-opening webinar delves into the complex world of investigating internal losses within the retail industry.

Retail violence can be prevented or averted by using strategies, solutions, and technologies throughout the LPRC’s Five Zones of Influence.

Senators Reintroduce Legislation to Combat ORC | Shoplifter in Store Owner's Death Remains on the Lam, but New Arrest Made | Former Employee Sentenced for Stealing Over $200K from Furniture Store

National Retail Federation Executive Vice President of Government Relations David French released a statement following the introduction of the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025.

Police Link Raid of Texas Home to $100M Retail Theft Ring with Ties to Mexican Cartel | Man Dies While Trying to Stop Theft of $10 Face Masks | Georgia Suspect Named Speedy Gonzalez Arrested for $20K Walmart Shoplifting Spree

2 Hurt in South Carolina Walmart Shooting | New Jersey Governor Signs Bill to Protect Businesses Against Retail Theft | Suspected Walgreens Killer Had Grudge Against Large Pharmacies

To give you a better feel for the vast impact of the ORC problem, we have provided a glimpse into just a few of the incidents that took place in the month of March, 2025.